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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most all the families we know in McLean send their kids to private school.[/quote]

I grew  up in McLean and the vast majority of families I knew sent their kids to public school.... of course, since I went to public school that makes sense!   :D

No seriously, there are a number of private school families who choose McLean for it's location or name or what have you and don't send their kids to public school.  But those tend to be the people for whom money isn't an issue - they can afford the expensive house AND the fancy school.  And they are not choosing the fancy private school because the public school is poor, but rather for the social status or connections or perceived boost in college admissions and future life goals or smaller class size or ability to cater to a specific interest (eg broader array of extracurriculars or non-academic classes and opportunities).  Many of those are things that aren't available, or aren't as easily or frequently available, at public school.  (Although that said, while I was at McLean H.S. I did have a classmate whose dad was the Whie House press secretary, and other classmates whose parents were Congressmen, so it's not like those kind of interactions are impossible, they are just much less likely than if you were at one of the big privates.)[/quote]

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